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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
May. 25, 2016
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
John M. Hall, Stafford, VA (US);
Richard A. Wright, Alexandria, VA (US);
Brian J. Kowalewski, Fredericksburg, VA (US);
Andrew J. Dotson, Alexandria, VA (US);
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A multiple field of view dual band optical device with integrated calibration source is disclosed. Such an optical device is modular, and has a rotating electro-mechanical 'tumbler' which houses two orthogonal Galilean afocal optical assemblies as well as at least one uniform temperature source. This modular device is intended to be inserted in front of a camera system which already has an imager optical assembly mated to a detector focal plane array. The disclosed modular device thus serves the purpose of providing to an existing dual-band camera imager up to four new optical fields of view as well as an integral calibration source, all of which can be electro-mechanically selected for viewing by a host camera imager.